Florida Entomologist (1995) 78, 619-623

J.H. Frank, J.P. Parkman and F.D. Bennett (1995)
Larra bicolor (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), a biological control agent of Scapteriscus mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae), established in northern Florida
Florida Entomologist 78 (4), 619-623
Abstract: Larra bicolor, a biological control agent of Scapteriscus mole crickets, has established a population in Gainesville, northern Florida. This population results from specimens collected in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, and released by F. D. Bennett in 1989. Previously, a Florida population of this wasp had been established only at Ft. Lauderdale in southern Florida; it resulted from releases made in the early 1980s by R. I. Sailer. The proximal origin of the Ft. Lauderdale population of L. bicolor is Puerto Rico, but its initial home of origin is Belem, Pará, Brazil.
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Database assignments for author(s): J. Howard Frank

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
classical biocontrol/new introduction
surveys/distribution/isolation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus		U.S.A. (SE)
Larra bicolor (predator)			Puerto Rico
Larra bicolor (predator)			Bolivia
Larra bicolor (predator)			Brazil (NE)
Larra bicolor (predator)	Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus		U.S.A. (SE)